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Global Certification Commission

The Global Certification Commission oversees the certification process for polio eradication. It also receives and reviews regional commission reports and – if and when appropriate – will issue a report to the WHO Director-General to certify that the circulation of wild polioviruses has been interrupted globally.

Global Certification Commission meeting reports

21st meeting of the Global Commission for the Certification of Eradication of Poliomyelitis, virtual 28 July 2021
20th meeting of the Global Commission for the Certification of Eradication of Poliomyelitis, 17-18 October 2019, Geneva, Switzerland
19th meeting of the Global Commission for the Certification of the Eradication of Poliomyelitis, 26-27 February 2019, Geneva, Switzerland
Statement following the 19th meeting of the Global Commission for the Certification of the Eradication of Poliomyelitis, 26-27 February 2019, Geneva, Switzerland
18th meeting of the Global Commission for Certification of the Eradication of Poliomyelitis, 29-31 Oct 2018, Amman, Jordan
Statement following the 18th meeting of the Global Commission for the Certification of the Eradication of Poliomyelitis, 29-30 October 2018, Amman, Jordan
17th meeting of the Global Commission for the Certification of the Eradication of Poliomyelitis, 26-27 Feb 2018, Geneva, Switzerland
Special Meeting of the Global Commission for the Certification of the Eradication of Poliomyelitis on Poliovirus Containment, 23-25 October 2017, Geneva, Switzerland
16th meeting on the Global Commission for the Certification of the Eradication of Polio, 4-5 July 2017, Paris, France
14th meeting of the Global Commission for the Certification of the Eradication of Poliomyelitis, 20–21 Sep 2015, Bali, Indonesia
13th meeting of the Global Commission for the Certification of the Eradication of Poliomyelitis, 28 Nov 2013, Kathmandu, Nepal
12th meeting of the Global Commission for the Certification of the Eradication of Poliomyelitis, 26 Aug 2012, New Delhi, India
11th meeting of the Global Commission for the Certification of the Eradication of Poliomyelitis, 17 Nov 2009, Geneva, Switzerland
10th meeting of the Global Commission for the Certification of the Eradication of Poliomyelitis, 29 Nov 2007, Geneva, Switzerland
9th meeting of the Global Commission for the Certification of the Eradication of Poliomyelitis, 25–26 Apr 2005, Geneva, Switzerland
8th meeting of the Global Commission for the Certification of the Eradication of Poliomyelitis, 22–23 Oct 2003, Geneva, Switzerland
7th meeting of the Global Commission for the Certification of the Eradication of Poliomyelitis, 12 Apr 2002, Geneva, Switzerland
6th meeting of the Global Commission for the Certification of the Eradication of Poliomyelitis, 28–29 Mar 2001, Geneva, Switzerland
5th meeting of the Global Commission for the Certification of the Eradication of Poliomyelitis, 9 May 2000, Geneva, Switzerland
4th meeting of the Global Commission for the Certification of the Eradication of Poliomyelitis, 2 Jun 1999, Geneva, Switzerland
3rd meeting of the Global Commission for the Certification of the Eradication of Poliomyelitis, 9 Jul 1998, Geneva, Switzerland
2nd meeting of the Global Commission for the Certification of the Eradication of Poliomyelitis, 1 May 1997, Geneva, Switzerland
1st meeting of the Global Commission for the Certification of the Eradication of Poliomyelitis, 16-17 Feb 1995, Geneva, Switzerland